‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender’ to Play in Select Movie Theaters for Awards Qualifying Run (EXCLUSIVE)
For one week, “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender” will screen in select movie theaters in Los Angeles and New York, Variety has learned exclusively. While...
Key points
- For one week, “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender” will screen in select movie theaters in Los Angeles and New York, Variety has learned exclusively.
- While the film is primarily a streaming release and will have its Paramount+ debut on July 25, it has also been set for an awards-qualifying theatrical run from July 24 to 30, with three showtimes per day at the AMC Burbank 8 in L.A.
- “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender” is the first output of Avatar Studios, which launched at Paramount in 2021 with plans to produce and distribute theatrical films in addition to streaming and linear TV series.
- “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender” continues the story of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and stars Eric Nam as Aang, Dave Bautista as Tagah, Jessica Matten Katara, Román Zaragoza as Sokka, Steven Yeun as Zuko, and Dionne Quan as Toph.
What happened
For one week, “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender” will screen in select movie theaters in Los Angeles and New York, Variety has learned exclusively. While the film is primarily a streaming release and will have its Paramount+ debut on July 25, it has also been set for an awards-qualifying theatrical run from July 24 to 30, with three showtimes per day at the AMC Burbank 8 in L.A. “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender” is the first output of Avatar Studios, which launched at Paramount in 2021 with plans to produce and distribute theatrical films in addition to streaming and linear TV series. “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender” continues the story of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and stars Eric Nam as Aang, Dave Bautista as Tagah, Jessica Matten Katara, Román Zaragoza as Sokka, Steven Yeun as Zuko, and Dionne Quan as Toph. The official logline for the film states, “Avatar Aang, the world’s last Airbender, learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. “Avatar: The Last Airbender” premiered on Nickelodeon in 2005 and ran for three seasons.
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